Free Project Management Professional PMP Exam Practice Test

A major public-transportation construction project is aimed at significantly reducing emissions. The project has been severely delayed due to noncompliance with environmental codes and bylaws.What should the project manager have done to prevent this?

• Incorporated sufficient schedule reserves based on similar delays in past projects.
• Appointed a senior environmental compliance officer to report directly to the project manager.
• Mapped environmental compliance requirements, identified risks to achieving them, and prepared mitigations.
• Approached the regulator for a partial waiver in light of the environmental importance of the project.

A project manager is leading a hybrid project for the development of denial equipment with live team members A dentist, who is also one of the major investors attends a sprint review meeting and raises questions and doubt about the concept and expected performance of the equipmentWhat should the project manager do?

• invite the investor to a sprint retrospective meeting to discuss the improvements of the concept and expected performance of the equipment with the team
• invite the protect sponsor to the sprint review meeting and nave a QSA session about the concept and expected performance of the equipment
• invite the product owner and the team to a discussion about the concept and expected performance of the equipment
• invite the investor to the design review meeting to present the concept and expected performance of the equipment and include a QSA session m the meeting

An IT company's office is closed abruptly due to a new government restriction. All employees are now working remotely. Project team A has acritical project delivery due in 2 weeks. The project manager, apprehensive about this sudden change, instantly emails the customer explainingthat the project delivery will be delayed. The customer is unhappy with this and has escalated the issue to senior management.What should the project manager have done differently?

• Communicated a new delivery date to the customer along with the news about the delay
• Disclosed to senior management in confidence, then communicated the delay to the customer
• Assessed the situation with the project stakeholders first and communicated the impact to the customer
• Spoken to the customer on the phone and explained the reason for the delay instead of writing an email

A protect team member is having difficulty delivering assigned tasks for a project that is at risk of being delayed The main issue is that the team member does not understand a new system that was recently implementedWhat should the project manager do?

• Ask the team member to learn the new system as on-the-job training
• Issue a change request to extend the project schedule
• Escalate the team members performance to the project sponsor
• Assign an experienced resource to support the team member

A project manager is asked to develop maintenance planning software for a power plant. A similar project was executed by another department in the organization that was later closed due to low performance. The project manager is concerned about the project's performance and wants totake action in advance to ensure the project succeeds.What should the project manager do?

• Evaluate the project risk and add external experts to address the potential risks.
• Inform the project sponsor about the risk and try to convince them to withdraw from the project.
• Continue executing the project as planned and add more resources if they are required.
• Review the lessons learned on similar projects so that they do not fall back into the same pattern.

A healthcare company requires all new employees to attend mandatory computer-based training courses, Because some of the employees work with highly sensitive patient data, the training covers various aspects of data security. In spite of this training, data breaches continue to occur inone of the project teams.What should the project manager do?

• Apply a root-cause analysis on the data breaches.
• Ensure that all team members complete the training.
• Redesign the training courseware to make it interesting.
• Retrain the team members responsible for the breaches.

A project manager was informed by their supplier that there will be an upcoming raw material shortage due to a regulatory change. What should the project manager do?

• Tell the supplier that they have an obligation to supply the raw material.
• Search for a new supplier that can deliver the same materials on time.
• Seek advice from the legal department and implement penalties.
• Assess the possible impact of the raw material shortage on the project.

A project manager realizes that a project is becoming delayed because some key decisions are affected by contradicting views between the organization's senior management and external stakeholders. What should the project manager do?

• Review the stakeholder register and ensure that communications are being followed in line with the communications management plan.
• Isolate the project team from external factors such as senior management and stakeholders so that decisions can be made more quickly
• Review the remaining scope and rebaseline the project's schedule to take into account delays in decision making
• Review the adequacy of the project's governance and ensure that an appropriate structure is in place

A project manager is assigned to a multiyear enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution project. During planning, the business sponsor emphasizes the importance of demonstrating value along the way, while maintaining the integrity of the final product.How should the project manager establish the delivery model for this project?

• Organize the project into multiple subsets based on business functions and deliver each subset as a component of the final product.
• Reestablish the project as a program with multiple small projects, as each project will be delivered as a product of its own.
• Communicate the latest status to the steering committee and provide a demo of the features completed.
• Schedule routine demos on features completed and deliver a single product once all features are completed.

A team member has experienced personal conflicts on past projects, making them nervous about working on the current project. The projectmanager knows this team member could add value to the project.What should the project manager do to get the most value from this team member?

• Advise the team member not to share personal information from past projects with the entire team.
• Consult with the project sponsor to find out if it is allowed to share personal information with the entire team.
• Advise the team member to focus on the current project and consider the past conflicts as lessons learned.
• Consult with human resources (HR) and check company policies on what is allowed to advise the team member.